Environment – Pacific Islands News

Tuvalu PM calls for fair climate finance deal

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by Tusi Tala, Staff Writer Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Feleti Teo has joined the call for a fairer climate finance system for small island nations and the least developed countries. The United Nations climate change conference, COP29, is currently taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the next two weeks. He is advocating for improved access to…

Towards a nuclear free Pacific

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by Richard Sanders, Staff Writer Last week, US officials and leaders from Pacific Island nations convened in Palau to deliberate on the Compact of Free Association (COFA) agreements, pivotal treaties governing the relationship between the United States and the Freely Associated States, which encompass Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands. Senator…